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PM calls for more effective actions to promote growth of cultural industries

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has stressed the need for higher determination, stronger efforts and more effective actions from ministries, sectors, localities and organisations to promote the growth of cultural industries, increasing their contributions to the country’s GDP by 2030.
PM calls for more effective actions to promote growth of cultural industries ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh addresses the conference. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhhas stressed the need for higher determination, stronger efforts and moreeffective actions from ministries, sectors, localities and organisations to promotethe growth of cultural industries, increasing their contributions to thecountry’s GDP by 2030.

Addressing the first national teleconference on thedevelopment of the cultural industries in Vietnam on December 22, the Governmentleader highlighted the progress of industries, with contributions to the nationalGDP increasing to 4.4% in 2022 from 3.92% in 2021.

However, he stressed that the development of culturalindustries has yet to match the potential, pointing out a number of reasons,including inefficient mechanisms and policies, inadequate investment and a lackof high quality human resources.

PM calls for more effective actions to promote growth of cultural industries ảnh 2An overview of the conference. (Photo: VNA)
The PM held that the cultural industries boast great potential togrow rapidly and create new impetus for cultural development, highlighting thecountry’s great advantages, including beautiful and diverse natural landscapesand unique cultural identities of 54 ethnic groups as well as the country’sstrong integration into the world.

The leader put forth six major orientations in developing thenational cultural industries, stressing that the industries' growth mustcontribute to building the modern Vietnamese culture with strong nationalidentity, linking creative, cultural and art activities with production andbusiness activities, basing on innovation, science and technology andprotecting intellectual property rights.

The industries must expand in a more professional, modern,dynamic and competitive manner, with the combination of diverse sectors andareas in line with fundamental rules of the market economy and trends of theera, he stated.

The PM emphasised that the development of the culturalindustries must go along with the promotion and popularisation of the image of Vietnam and its people, while cultural products must meet the creative,characteristic, professional, healthy, competitive and sustainability requirements,thus building national trademarks for Vietnam’s cultural products and servicesto join national global chains.

PM Chinh assigned specific tasks to particular ministries,sectors and localities in boosting the growth of the cultural industries, asking themto propose mechanisms and policies in the field, including those to encourageinvestment and public-private partnership in the industries.

The Government leader called on the business community topromote their dynamism, creativity and driving role in boosting the growth of the cultural industries and protecting and developing national cultural identity.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,the cultural industries include cinematography, cultural tourism, performingarts, fine arts, photography, exhibition, advertising, architecture, designing,publication, fashion, radio and television broadcasting, software,entertainment games, and handicraft.

They have made considerable contributions to the economy, it said, elaboratingthat their production value was estimated at 1.059 quadrillion VND (44 billionUSD) during 2018 - 2022./.
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